The Best Protein Brownie Recipe

My sweet tooth has been on overdrive this past week, and to tackle it I whipped up these delicious brownies. They turned out so good, they quite possibly could be the best protein brownie recipe I’ve ever made.

I’ve been switching up my routine at the gym lately. Ever since my gym started teaching boxing and having the MMA guys train at my gym, it has been crazy packed at my usual workout time (4:30pm). This has forced me to get up extra early and make it to the gym at 6am. The first couple of days it was super hard to get up and out of bed and take out the puppy, and get myself ready for work.

Some things that I have found to make my mornings easier and to get out of the house on time are:

lay out my workout clothes and shoes the morning before

pack my gym bag with towels, shampoo, conditioner, flip flops, deodorant etc the night before and put it in my car along with the clothes that I am going to wear for work the next day

pack my already meal prepped meals for the following day into my lunch box and put my lunch box in the refrigerator

measure out the dog’s food and place with bowl on the kitchen table so I don’t have to measure it out in the morning (Stella is still a puppy and we don’t want her to get too chunky so we measure it out as the bag directs LOL)

Remember to charge my phone the night before so I will have music to listen to at the gym and keep a spare charger in my purse for emergencies.

And of course no gym session can start or be complete without a workout selfie 🙂

I have really been trying to improve my shoulders, hitting them hard twice a week. I’m hoping to see improvements soon!

Now back to the brownies….for this recipe I used my KitchenAid Mixer to make the batter and the secret ingredient is Gnarly Slim protein powder (grass-fed whey from New Zealand). This recipe is Gluten Free and almost Paleo.

These brownies are so dense and fudgy, and pair perfectly with a tall glass of milk. I’ve eaten these for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert (not all on the same day, I seriously would have but I didn’t want to waste the food that I had already prepped).

What time do you prefer to workout and what do you do to save time?

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Comments

This look absolutely delicious! Thank you for the recipe. i'll have to try this myself sometime soon!
The point of the Paleo diet is, and I feel some people forget this, to not only diet, but to eat delicious foods at the same time. It's the only diet I've come across that cuts out food groups, yet still focusses on everyone's need to eat great food.
I'm a real foodie, and would not survive on any other diet, but Paleo has been very good for me. I've written about one of my favourite cookbooks: http://cookbook-reviews.net/review-the-paleo-recipe-book/

Well these certainly look amazing! YUM! I am a morning workout person. It's definitely tough, but I feel like I accomplished so much by the time I get to work. Like you, I prep my lunch before hand and get everything packed and ready to go the night before.

No joke - I was scrolling through FF link love and saw your post and thought, yup. So I actually have a batch of these in my oven right now! I haven't tried the finished product yet (obviously, still in the oven) but from licking the mixer thingies, I'm pretty sure these are gonna turn out off the hook!

I def like fudgey brownies over cakey ones. I've actually been craving brownies a lot recently after I keep seeing them on a tv show we watch lol I like the ghiradelli ones straight out of the box, and I'm scared making them healthier won't taste as good.. but I know we have to eat healthier!

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